Originally posted by RaginCajun:
That seems to be the normal way for the French to treat American tourists. I would not go there again if you paid me to.
Paul
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Paul,
You can be wrong and right. I have a lot a friends who have gone to France and were treaded well. But then again there was this incidents
My Father was born in France, and came to the USA when he was 8. When he was in his early 70s (I thing it was 72), he decided to back and visit France for the first time since he left (he was supposed to go back with the OSS but broke his leg)
He went to the town he was born (St Remy), and went to town hall to find his birth certificate, and see if he could find the house he lived in. He asked the village clerk for some help in broken French/English (He can't remember much French)
After about 10 minutes, the Mayor came out and asked in VERY disparaging French "Why are you helping this Man?" The clerk replied "Sir, this man was BORN in this town 72 years ago." - Boy did the Mayor's attitude change - NOW my Dad was acceptable, as he was French. My Dad didn't find it funny, but he did allow the Mayor to take him and my Mom to lunch